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Generally combined footing is assumed to rest on ___________

(a) Cohesive soil

(b) Homogeneous soil

(c) Cohesion-less soil

(d) Non homogeneous soil

This question was addressed to me in a national level competition.

I want to ask this question from Shallow Foundations in portion Shallow Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

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The correct option is (b) Homogeneous soil

Easiest explanation: It is assumed that the combined footings are rigid and rests on a homogeneous soil, so as to give rise to a linear stress distribution on the bottom of the footing.

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